Okay this one could be a huge spew. I think half the discussion can go to the actual hand on whether or not its good or bad, but some discussion could go to even those who think this hand is bad, whats the best way to play it without folding the flop.


fabstinho is nothing special of a reg, aggressive but not spewy or anything. lakshmi is somewhat of a fish but will make folds and what not. I decided not to bet the flop here but i think betting the flop and betting 3 streets against fabstinho and c/f with any other outcome would be good. I think if I check I can get a lot of credibility for AA/JJ obv, especially since its fourway and jesus it would be so surprising to everyone to see a bluff here. Okay so here's the hand.


PokerStars Game #24205583968: Hold'em No Limit ($5/$10) - 2009/01/23 18:53:14 ET
Table 'Euneus VI' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: heybude ($1912 in chips)
Seat 2: doudy13 ($667.50 in chips)
Seat 3: fabstinho ($1680.25 in chips)
Seat 4: FastEddie267 ($1213 in chips)
Seat 5: IMSAKIDD ($226 in chips)
Seat 6: lakshmi2005 ($3169.30 in chips)
IMSAKIDD: posts small blind $5
lakshmi2005: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to heybude [Kh Qc]
heybude: raises $20 to $30
doudy13: calls $30
fabstinho: calls $30
FastEddie267: folds
IMSAKIDD: folds
lakshmi2005: calls $20
*** FLOP *** [Jh Ah 3c]
lakshmi2005: checks
heybude: checks
doudy13: checks
fabstinho: bets $100
lakshmi2005: calls $100
heybude: raises $220 to $320

I had a really hard time with raise size here. There's really no way with stack sizes i could set up a raise with a 5/4ths pot overbet or so on turn to fold out flush draws like I thought initially. Also, I thought that looked less credible for AA/JJ. Here I thought I could easily set up 3 streets, and maybe, but really really not likely, fold out AJ/33 if the guy make a ridiculous fold, but i didnt count on it. I also thought if fabstinho calls i could just give up and win versus fd's sometimes. If lakshmi called 3 streets was much more +EV.